David Moore, of the Impious Pencil, pointed out to me this old-format telephone number. It sits on the side of a building facing the Long Island Railroad Station in Woodside, Queens: ILlinois 8-6600, which in today’s 10-digit format would be 718-458-6600. This number, once associated with Alcor Realty in Woodside, is today disconnected, and Alcol Realty appears to be defunct. Amusingly, a web search for that company name asked “Did you mean ‘Alcohol Realty‘?” Sorry, Charlie, I really did mean Alcol.
ILlinois 8-6600. Alcor Realty, Woodside, Queens.
The only other ILlinois number I’ve seen in these parts is the somewhat mysterious-looking ILinois 7-1122, hovering over Queens Boulevard with, to the casual observer, no obvious explanation or connection. That number is associated with Party Time, a division of the Academy Chair Renting Company at 82-33 Queens Boulevard. In modern parlance Party Time’s number is 718-457-1122.
ILlinois 7-1122. Party Time on Queens Boulevard
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